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With European regulators preparing to launch an adaptive licensing pilot programme, Gigi Hirsch, from MIT, discusses the promise of a more flexible approach to drug approval.
Charles Hugh-Jones, Chief Medical Officer in North America at Sanofi, discusses Project Data Sphere, a new collaborative platform for sharing cancer clinical trial data.
The lead author of the ASCO's draft guidelines to “raise the bar” for cancer clinical trials discusses the aims and potential impact of the guidelines on anticancer drug development.
Henry Chesbrough, a professor at the University of California in Berkeley and popularizer of 'open innovation', discusses the trends and limitations of the business approach.
Chris Austin, Director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, discusses his plans to tackle the “tragedy of the commons” drug discovery problems.
Mike Yeadon discusses the challenges of starting a company based on assets licensed from Pfizer following the closure of its research operations in Sandwich, UK.